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"Appalled at the way I was spoken to"

About: DHU Healthcare CIC / NHS 111

(as a service user),

I called 111 from Chesterfield Derbyshire and an operator answered who was extremely rude. They had a very unfriendly way of speaking and sounded very abrupt and annoyed. At some point I couldn't understand what they had said so I asked them to repeat it again for me. This staff member raised their voice at me. I informed them they were shouting at me and asked them to speak to me in a normal tone. I asked for this staff members full name but they would give it me & instead told me they were based at Ashgate and told me if I was not happy  I was free to call back and hung up on me.

I was sure this staff member said "there enjoy that" when they put the phone down but it was muffled by a laugh. I was absolutely shocked by the lack of professionalism of this person. I ended up ringing 999 and was admitted to hospital for two weeks to received the treatment I needed and proper care. No further comments needed. I wont be using 111 again and will share my experience with family and friends. Service let down appalling by a member of staff in the contact centre.

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Response from Judith Brown, Patient and Public Engagement Lead, Corporate Governance, DHU Health Care CIC 4 years ago
Judith Brown
Patient and Public Engagement Lead, Corporate Governance,
DHU Health Care CIC
Submitted on 09/08/2019 at 13:46
Published on Care Opinion at 14:19


Good afternoon,

Thank you very much for your comments/feedback regarding your recent experience with DHU and in particular the NHS 111 service. I am sorry that your expectations of the NHS 111 service were not met on this occasion.

I would like to investigate the concerns you have raised either formally as a complaint or informally as feedback and I would be grateful if you could contact our Integrated Governance Department on 0300 1000 407 or email DHUL.clinicalgovernance@nhs.net. The team will be able to take more details from you so we can look in to why this has happened and we will investigate your concerns and feedback.

I do hope that you are feeling much better.

Kind regards,

Judith Brown

Patient Experience Lead (DHU Health Care)

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